Mike McCarthy's asinine contract demands completely vindicate the Cowboys

[kskboys]

Whether you like MM or not, I cannot believe anyone disagrees w/ him wanting a 5 year contract.

 

[gimmesix]

According to ESPN's Todd Archer, McCarthy wanted a five-year contract and Jones wouldn't deviate from a three-year offer.

"While no financial figures were discussed, the length of a proposed agreement was a sticking point," Archer writes. "McCarthy was seeking a five-year deal, according to multiple sources, while Jones was sticking with three."

This report fully vindicates the Cowboys' decision. It may also explain why it took a full week for the McCarthy situation to resolve itself.


https://thelandryhat.com/mike-mccar...nds-completely-vindicate-cowboys-01jjw5aq5bfp

I don't know if we can say it fully vindicates the Cowboys' decision, but it makes it somewhat understandable. I wouldn't have wanted to give McCarthy a five-year deal after he just had five years to prove himself, but I can fully understand why McCarthy wanted five years. I also think McCarthy overestimated his market.

 

[gimmesix]

Why did Schottenheimer serve 4?

New coach should be given more opportunity to prove himself. Old coach already had opportunity to prove himself, so you extend him only to win now. Three years is a win now deal. He shouldn't need five more years to get there. And if he did get there, then he earns another extension and raise.

 

[dmq]

I think 3 years is about right. Maybe an incentive to make it 4 or even 5 based on playoff wins.

 

[nobody]

MM should have been fired after the GB game. They kept him a lame duck after that and gave him no help with the terrible off-season in talent acquisition (or lack thereof). Sure, he had the injury excuse for how the season turned out, but the team wasn't exactly playing amazing before all of those injuries occurred. Our "amazing" QB wet the bed after his record contract and played like crap after promising his best football ever. The rest of the team didn't start playing better until a lot of the "stars" went down with injury.

It wasn't and shouldn't have been enough to keep MM. I am on record as saying it doesn't matter who our HC is. Jerry WILL undermine and hamstring the coaches and the culture will continue, causing a lot of the team's weakness when it matters. But McCarthy was hired to clean up some things for the post-season and he absolutely failed to do that. Keeping him only adds to the no consequence culture. He can want a 5 year deal all he wants. I don't begrudge him that, but that was the worst playoff performance by the Cowboys EVER. No coach should survive that.

 

[rambo2]

Wouldn’t budge from 3 years; but gave Schottenheimer 4.

Thank goodness they did.

 

[TwistedL0g1k]

I suspect there's more to this story. Regardless, McCarthy is unemployed for the season, and that's money he'll never make back. This can only be seen as a financial loss for him. Not sure he'll ever get a head coach gig again. Jerry was the only GM that would touch him after GB dumped him anyway.

 

[CowboyStar88]

McCarthy already was given a 5 year deal which he proved to fail with come playoff time. Now he wanted another 5 year deal? Pfft, get out of here with that. He deserved no more than a 3 year deal at most. He's lucky he was even offered a 3 year deal.

Again there was nothing asinine with him wanting 5 years. It’s called security and ops comments were ridiculous. Sorry it is what it is.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Wow. For posting an article.

Huh? Jerry loves the fact he was able to sell his moves to fans like that. Which is why he continues to do what he does.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Lol,
A coach who was lucky to not be fired outright isn’t in a position to demand security. Believing so is rediculous!

lol there was nothing asinine about a SB winning coach wanting security. There’s nothing weird about that. If the FO wants to use the injury excuse MM gets to use it as well.

 

[DCwarrior]

Players want security, pay the man regardless of results.
HC wants wants security, let him go he’s greedy.
Remember the 12-5 three seasons in a row argument.

 

[acr731]

Thank goodness they did.

Why?

 

[RonWashington]

Whether you like MM or not, I cannot believe anyone disagrees w/ him wanting a 5 year contract.

It was a ploy a strategy to be able to field other offers and leave Dallas . MM knew asking for 5 yrs was a non starter would not happen . He wanted out and I suspect he thought Caleb Williams awaited him in Chicago . He felt he could not win with Dak at the helm .

Prior to # 4 getting hurt without being touched in Atlanta the team was a non contender non playoff team .

Jerry in this instance offering 3 yrs was generous . You’ve given the msn 5 and produced one lousy playoff win giving him another 5 wouid be insane he should have been canned after the final game .

 

[Pola_pe_a]

Dak

You got what I was implying.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Why did Schottenheimer serve 4?

Yet Schottenheimer got a four year deal so what's asinine again?

Ding Ding Ding.
Winner winner chicken dinner for you two gentlemen.

Jerry and cap Wizard Stephen should no way had the who catching staff on the last year of their contracts.

The head coach should ask for some security instead of being a lame duck coach.

If they did not trust him for that amount of time, so be it, that is their choice. But to act like it was asinine for him to want a 5 year deal and Jones only offering a 3 is...asinine

 

[RonWashington]

I would imagine Schott In his first job at 4 yrs will make considerably less than MM annually would have . That factored in when he hired guys like Campo Gailey Wade Jason and now Schott . Inexpensive hires .

 

[charron]

Vindicate the cowboys? This shows you how asinine they are. Mike was here 5 years yet they couldn't figure out if they wanted him back or not . The problem is no one is in control, so they sit and vote on each decision. No one shares the same vision of how to run this team, so the execution looks sloppy because it is.

 

[Aven8]

Jerry Jones brownosers ... Dallas sports media is so soft

They don’t want to lose out on all that free popcorn and soda at the Star.

 

[BoysForLife]

McCarthy already was given a 5 year deal which he proved to fail with come playoff time.

Based on McCarthy's playoff record, I think 4 years/$240 million would have been appropriate

 

[jazzcat22]

Huh? Jerry loves the fact he was able to sell his moves to fans like that. Which is why he continues to do what he does.

And you are buying into it as well. You are here talking about him.
Jerry Loves you too.